Lyrics and translation The Idle Race - Here We Go Round The Lemon Tree

Here We Go Round The Lemon Tree

Autour du citronnier

There's a girl next door to me who's round the bend

Il y a une fille qui habite à côté de moi, qui est un peu folle

But she wonders why she can't make any friends

Mais elle se demande pourquoi elle n'a pas d'amis

From her garden she could see me

De son jardin, elle pouvait me voir

In her silver clad bikini

Dans mon bikini argenté

Singing dancing round her fruit tree

Chanter et danser autour de son arbre fruitier

Here we go round the lemon tree

On tourne autour du citronnier

Mister, can you hear me?

Monsieur, tu peux m'entendre ?

Here we go round the lemon tree

On tourne autour du citronnier

Mister, don't come near me

Monsieur, ne t'approche pas de moi

But I calm her down by throwing stones at her

Mais je la calme en lui jetant des pierres

If only I could make the right approach to her

Si seulement je pouvais trouver la bonne approche pour elle

Think I'd rather tame a tiger

Je pense que j'aimerais mieux apprivoiser un tigre

Turn those lemons into cider

Transformer ces citrons en cidre

Still I'd like to get beside her

Mais j'aimerais quand même être à ses côtés

Here we go round the lemon tree

On tourne autour du citronnier

Mister, can you hear me?

Monsieur, tu peux m'entendre ?

Here we go round the lemon tree

On tourne autour du citronnier

Mister, don't come near me

Monsieur, ne t'approche pas de moi

Three o'clock in the morning

Trois heures du matin

I could hear her toneless singing

J'entendais son chant sans vie

I could smell her lemon perfume in the air

Je pouvais sentir son parfum de citron dans l'air

I walked up to the window

Je me suis approché de la fenêtre

In the hope that I might see her

Dans l'espoir de la voir

But the deadly shade of night still lingered there

Mais l'ombre mortelle de la nuit persistait

Here we go round the lemon tree

On tourne autour du citronnier

Mister don't come near me

Monsieur, ne t'approche pas de moi

Morning came and into action went my plans

Le matin est arrivé et mes plans se sont mis en mouvement

Went to meet her dressed in bright green underpants

Je suis allé la rencontrer, vêtu d'un caleçon vert vif

I crept in and sang discreetly

Je me suis faufilé et j'ai chanté discrètement

Seemed to change your mind completely

Cela semble avoir changé complètement d'avis

Danced together singing sweetly

Nous avons dansé ensemble, chantant doucement

Here we go round the lemon tree

On tourne autour du citronnier

Mister, can you hear me?

Monsieur, tu peux m'entendre ?

Here we go round the lemon tree

On tourne autour du citronnier

Mister don't come near me

Monsieur, ne t'approche pas de moi

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Writer(s): Roy Wood

Album

Back to the Story

date of release

13-05-1996

1 The Birthday
2 The Skeleton And The Roundabout
3 Days Of Broken Arrows - Alternative Version
4 I Like My Toys
5 Morning Sunshine
6 Follow Me Follow
7 Sitting In My Tree
8 On With The Show
9 Lucky Man
10 (Don't Put Your Boys In The Army) Mrs. Ward
11 Pie In The Sky
12 The Lady Who Said She Could Fly
13 End Of The Road
14 Come With Me
15 Sea Of Dreams
16 Going Home
17 Reminds Me of You
18 Mr Crow And Sir Norman
19 Please No More Sad Songs
20 Girl At The Window
21 Big Chief Woolley Bosher
22 Someone Knocking
23 Here We Go Round The Lemon Tree
24 My Father's Son
25 Imposters Of Life's Magazine
26 Knocking Nails Into My House
27 Days Of The Broken Arrows
28 Worn Red Carpet
29 In The Summertime
30 Told You Twice
31 Follow Me Follow - Alternative Version
32 Neanderthal Man
33 Dancing Flower
34 Sad O'Sad
35 The Clock
36 I Will See You
37 By the Sun
38 Alcatraz
39 And the Rain
40 She Sang Hymns Out Of Tune
41 Bitter Green
42 Victim Of Circumstance
43 Lucky Man - Alternative Version
44 Hurry Up John
45 A Better Life (The Weather Man Knows)

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